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A longtime advocate for children’s rights, Queen Rania’s presence sent a loud message to those who choose to abuse the young. The reason for this sit in was when local newspaper reported two 5 year olds, named Yazen and Qusy, died as a result of abuse from their family. The Queen lit a candle in remembrance of the two children, and wrote a message on a poster.
The two monarchs laid a foundation stone in the Dibben Forest, Jerash Governate for the Munya Woodland Resort and Spa Company, which costs JD 50 million. It is hoped Munya will draw tourism to Jordan, which has a struggling economy. Once completed, it would have convention halls, chalets, entertainment facilities and therapeutic centres, as well as a 40-room lodge. Munya is also intended to protect Dibben Forest and and it would be an environmentally friendly resort. After spending two days in Italy, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, traveled north to Berlin for another official visit. The couple were greeted by German President Horst Koehler and his wife, Eva Luise. After a photo-op, the foursome went inside for a luncheon. Koehler praised the Prince of Wales for his efforts to integrate people of different backgrounds and cultures. Charles did something similar when he went to a football game in Berlin’s multicultural district of Kreuzberg. He and Camilla were welcomed by hundreds of schoolchildren, and watched a game between priests and imams. The royal couple later went to the British embassy for a seminar on integrating socially disadvantaged people. In addition to the cultural issues, Prince Charles’ other topic of interest, the environment, was not too far away from him during this visit. President Koehler praised him for his efforts to tackle climate change, and in the evening, the Prince will receive an award for his at a ceremony in Berlin’s German Historical Museum. Charles and Camilla are also going to tour a couple of Berlin museums during their stay. They had hoped to walk about Brandenburg Gate, but that was cancelled due to security issues. Royalty fever in the United States is going to be high pitch next month! That is because Prince Harry, the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, is going to be making his first official trip here. The third in the line to the British throne will be taking part in a New York polo match and will be doing a couple of engagements. One of them likely would be a visit to Ground Zero, site of the 9/11 attacks. The polo match will be a fund raiser for his Sentebale charity, which helps children in the African kingdom of Lesotho. The charity exhibition match will take place at the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on New York’s historic Governors Island on May 30th. Prince Harry has been to the United States before, but only for private trips to Disney World and Colorado as a boy. Given Harry’s enormous popularity with women in the States, and because he is apparently single these days, it is possible he would receive the same celebrity treatment his brother, Prince William got during a visit to Canada in 1998. There, young girls were screaming at the mere sight of the Prince. One could only expect the same thing for Harry!
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Jordan’s Queen was one of many activists at an Amman sit-in to express the rejection of violence against children.
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania both helped with the early stages of the building of a tourism resort, the first of its kind in Northern Jordan.
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